Figure of Maat on a pedestal
Late Period
The goddess Maat appears in her usual crouching pose. The tall feather that she habitually wears is broken away, but its hole may be seen on top of her head, along with the ends of the ties of her fillet. She sits on a tall openwork stand with a slight cavetto at the top. On the front and back are Hathor emblems flanked by uraei wearing the upper and lower Egyptian crowns. On the sides two fecundity figures with flowering crowns are followed by a king in a blue crown, all carrying offerings, imagery associated with altars and bark stands.
Maat was the embodiment of right or truth in Egyptian thought, and was offered to the gods by kings or weighed against the heart of a deceased in the underworld. This statuette was probably a temple donation.
